Tenglong Cave () is a cave located from Lichuan City, Hubei, China. It is believed to be the longest monomer

karst cave Karst is a topography formed from the dissolution of soluble rocks such as limestone, dolomite, and gypsum. It is characterized by underground drainage systems with sinkholes and caves. It has also been documented for more weathering-resistant ro ...

system in the world. The cave entrance is and wide, leading to of passageways.. An underground network of streams runs for whilst the cave is the source of the

Qingjiang River The Qing River () is a right (southern) tributary of the Yangtze River (Chang Jiang) in Hubei province of south-central China., Geography Course The Qing River Headwaters originate at Tenglong Cave (Teng Long Dong) near Lichuan City, in Hube ...

. Year round temperatures underground remain in the 16–18 degrees Celsius range. To facilitate tourist access to the cave, as well as to the so-called Enshi Grand Canyon Scenic Area (), the

prefectural A prefecture (from the Latin ''Praefectura'') is an administrative jurisdiction traditionally governed by an appointed prefect. This can be a regional or local government subdivision in various countries, or a subdivision in certain international ...

authorities are considering plans for the construction of a

tourist railway A heritage railway or heritage railroad (US usage) is a railway operated as living history to re-create or preserve railway scenes of the past. Heritage railways are often old railway lines preserved in a state depicting a period (or periods) i ...

, which will link these two popular tourist attractions with a station on the Yichang−Wanzhou Railway (probably, Lichuan).Wang Gongshang (王功尚), Li Yuhui (李玉辉),
恩施有望开建内地首条森林旅游观光铁路
(Enshi is looking forward to the construction of the mainland's first forest scenic tourist railway), 荆楚网-楚天都市报, 2013-12-25

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Photo gallery of Tenglong Cave
Caves of Hubei Karst caves Karst formations of China Enshi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture Tourist attractions in Hubei {{PRChina-geo-stub

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